Saturday, September 12, 2009

Autumn

It seems that autumn is the favorite season for most people. Who doesn’t get a warm feeling from the changing of the leaves, the final harvest from the garden, the kids returning to school, the first fire in the fireplace, or the smell of a hearty meal cooking in the oven.

There is also a sadness that autumn ushers in. I often tell people that I moved here for the gloom, but somehow the change of season makes me happy and sad at the same time. I’ve been noticing the changes already. I need to turn the lights on when I go out to feed the horses in the morning. It gets dark out long before I finish my outside projects. On the plus side I get to eat my dinner earlier. When the rains return I get to take days off. Another thing is I usually put on ten pounds every winter that I lost during the summer.

The sure signs summer is over is that the grocery store is now out of artichokes (I ate my last artichoke Wednesday night), Costco has the socks I like back in stock and Costco is already selling artificial Christmas trees. Bring it on Autumn.

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I'm always glad to see autumn come. I don't do well in hot weather anymore since I got a case of heat stroke several years ago. So I'm glad that it's gradually getting cooler. Soon I'll be wearing my long johns under my uniform and that always makes me feel like I have another layer of armor on. But it also means I need to bring a flashlight down to the shop when I work down there. It gets damn dark in my backyard at night and those black dogs of mine just blend right into the darkness.

the sound leaves make when they crunch underfoot, the first morning when its cold enough to see your breath, sleeping with the window open, under a heavy quilt, woodsmoke layed in the air....all of it.